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Christopher McDougall on the Tarahumara tribe

The Tarahumara tribe of Mexico grow up running barefoot and live very long lives happily running into advanced old age...

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Chiori Miyagawa and Jim Lattis on "Comet Hunter"

Chiori Miyagawa is a playwright in New York and teaches at Bard College. “Comet Hunter” is the story of Caroline Herschel who collaborated with her brother William during the 18th and early 19th centuries and made several important contributions to astronomy.

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David Freudberg on constructing a narrative

Award-winning radio producer David Freudberg talks with Anne Strainchamps about what narratives mean to people and how to construct a narrative.

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Earl Scruggs on Bluegrass

Earl Scruggs talks with Steve Paulson about his long history in blue grass and country music.

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Colin McGinn on Mental Manipulation

Philosopher Colin McGinn talks about mental manipulation.

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Francis Wheen on Karl Marx

Karl Marx biographer Francis Wheen tells Steve Paulson his subject was a thoroughly bourgeois man who chose utter penury.

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Brenda Peterson on the Gray Whale

Brenda Peterson talks with Steve Paulson about the gray whale.  They mate and give birth in Baja, where they exhibit “friendly whale syndrome” and migrate to Alaska.

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David Shenk on "The Forgetting"

Journalist David Shenk says Alzheimer's an ancient illness afflicting some 5 million Americans, and that the number of cases is sure to rise dramatically as the Baby Boomers age.

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